Speaking Engagements
I have given nearly 100 invited talks, conference presentations, and public lectures in over 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America Latin America, and the Caribbean. The presentations covered a wide range of topics, including conflict and peace, human rights, diversity, gender justice, women's rights, inclusive diplomacy, international development, social movements, refugees and forced migration, diaspora activism, and the complex dynamics of socio-political change both within and beyond the MENA region.
2025
The Development–Humanitarian–Peace Nexus in Practice: Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Yemen, Course on International Development: Global Trends via Local Perspectives, VU Amsterdam Summer School, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 7-18 July 2025 (The Netherlands).
Navigating Marginalization: Yemeni Female Refugees’ Engagement and Disengagement in Peace Processes, 22nd Annual Conference of the IMISCOE Research Network, Paris, 1–4 July 2025 (France/online).
Advancing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Yemen, Yemen Support Fund II Launch Summit: Advancing Governance, Security and Women’s Empowerment in Yemen, Amman, 27–28 May 2025 (Jordan).
Feminist Peace, Conference Reimagining PEACE, Flemish Peace Institute, Flemish Parliament, Brussels, 8 May 2025 (Belgium).
Women’s Activism in the Diaspora and Peacebuilding in Yemen: Navigating Engagement and Disengagement, Workshop: From Past and Present to Future: Finding a Positive Path between Ideals and Possibilities in Yemen, London School of Economics, London, 24–25 April 2025 (United Kingdom).
Empowering Peace Dialogue through Academia: A Case Study of the Peace Women Research Project in Yemen’s Conflict Transformation, Aurora International Peace Conference The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding, Universität Innsbruck, 17–21 February 2025 (Austria).
Activism in Exile: Engagement and Disengagement in Peacebuilding Among Yemeni Women in the Netherlands, Germany, and Turkey, Workshop on Social Transformations in Yemen, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, 14 February 2025 (online/Saudi Arabia).
Navigating Marginalization in Peace Processes: The Engagement and Disengagement of Yemeni Women Activists in the Diaspora, Research Seminar, Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP), Charles University, Prague, 13 February 2025 (Czech Republic).
2024
Possibilities and Limits of Researching Yemeni Global Mobility, MESA Annual Meeting, Middle East Study Association, Washington DC, 11–16 November 2024 (United States).
Women, Diaspora and Politics of War and Peace in Yemen, Polish Congress of Political Science, University of Łódź, 18–20 September 2024 (Poland).
Women role as peacemakers in conflicts and crisis, University of Tallin, 24 May 2024 (Estonia/online).
Decolonising and Feminising Cooperation for Global Justice, Research Seminar, Oxfam, Madrid, 14 March 2024 (Spain/online).
Reimaging Peacemaking: Gender, Diaspora, and Peace Democratization in Yemen, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile, University of Leiden, 19 February 2024 (The Netherlands).
2023
How to get justice for war crimes?, Studium Generale, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 4 December 2023 (The Netherlands).
Women's resistance to violence and peacebuilding in Yemen, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 29 September 2023 (Spain).
Role of the Yemeni Diaspora in Peacebuilding, Yemen International Forum, Sana’a Centre for Strategic Studies, The Hague, 15 June 2023 (The Netherlands):
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Discussing Yemen in the Netherlands: Transnationalism and Peacebuilding by Ewa Strzelecka & Marina de Regt
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The Yemen International Forum: A Space for Constructive Dialogue and Opportunities by Ahmed Al Khameri, 2023.
Rethinking Peacebuilding in Yemen: War-induced Migration, Gender and Transnational Activism, ACMES Roundtable, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 6 June 2023 (The Netherlands).
Women, Violence and Peace: Rethinking the Representation of Yemen’s Revolutionary Struggles in the Media, International Institute of Social Studies (IISS), Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Hague, 30 May 2023 (The Netherlands).
2022
Political Participation and Women’s Rights in Africa: The Case of Sahrawi Women, Course on Human Rights in Africa, Solidaridad Internacional, Bilbao, 19 October 2022 (Spain/online).
Detained Under Houthis”, Panel discussion, Frontline Club, London, 28 June 2022 (United Kingdom).
Yemen’s Diaspora in Germany and the Netherlands, Workshop on The Role of the Diaspora in Peacebuilding in Yemen, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and CAPRO-Bonn, Amman, 12 June 2022 (Jordan).
Peace Women Project: Preliminary Research Findings, Research Seminar, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 21 June 2022 (The Netherlands).
Women and War in Yemen, II Symposium on International Studies and Foreign Politics, Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, 18 May 2022 (Mexico).
Rethinking Peacebuilding: Women, Revolution, Exile and Conflict Resolution in Yemen, Research presentation, CARPO-Bonn, Bonn, 26 April 2022 (Germany).
Tools and Mechanisms to Advance the WPS Agenda, Workshop Regional Network for Women in Peace and Security Issues: Creating spaces for exchange within the West Asa and Arabian Peninsula (WAAP) regional setting, CARPO & Gulf Research Centre Foundation, Tafahum wa Tabadul Project, Bonn, 29–30 March 2022 (Germany).
Auf einen Kaffee mit Ewa K. Strzelecka, Lunch Seminar, CARPO-Bonn, Bonn, 22 February 2022 (Germany).
Rethinking Peacebuilding in Yemen: Women, Revolution, Transnational Politics and Activism in Exile, Insaniyyat Forum, University of Tunis, 20–24 September 2022 (Tunisia).
Activism from Exile: Women, Political Remittances and Peacebuilding in Yemen, EASA Conference, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, 26–29 July 2022 (United Kingdom).
Yemeni Women’s Role in the Building of Political Transnationalism: Revolution, Exile and Political Remittances, AIBR Conference, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 12–15 July 2022 (Spain).
2021
Women’s Political Participation in Yemen under Houthi Control, VII International Conference of Anthropology AIBR, Vila Real, 27–30 July 2021 (Portugal).
Political Conflict in Yemen, Summer School: International Relations and Political Change in the MENA region, Universidad Pablo Olavide, Seville, 20–21 July 2021 (Spain).
Women and New Authoritarian Regimes in Yemen, XV Spanish Conference of Political Science AECPA, 7–9 September 2021 (online/ Spain).
Women, Power and Representation in Yemen’s Peacebuilding, FIMAM Conference, University of Granada, Granada, 13–14 December 2021 (Spain).
Ten Years After the Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, Externado University, Bogotá, 4 March 2021 (Colombia).
Women under the Houthi Regime: Gender, Islam and Nationalism, Conference Arab Spring: Ten Years After, Casa Árabe and Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 10–12 February 2021 (Spain).
2020
Yemeni Female Activists in Peace Processes, VI International Conference of Anthropology AIBR, Asociación de Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red (AIBR), 28–31 July 2020 (Virtual edition).
Women in the Arab Spring: The Construction of a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen - book presentation, VI International Conference of Anthropology AIBR, 28–31 July 2020 (Virtual edition).
2019
Women’s Representation in Peacebuilding in Yemen, XXII FIMAM Conference, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Barcelona, 24–25 October 2019 (Spain).
Social Movements and Political Change in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps of Tindouf, XIV AECPA Conference, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 10–12 July 2019 (Spain).
Women and Girls in Yemen: Situated Practices, Border Thinking and Postcolonial Feminism, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, 27–29 June 2019 (Spain).
Gender, Race, and Politics: New Perspectives on the Saharawi Liberation Movement, 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association, Lisbon, 4–7 June 2019 (Portugal).
A History of Struggle: Feminism and Leftist Nationalism within Western Sahara’s Polisario Movement, SeSaMo Conference, University of Turin, 31 January–2 February 2019 (Italy).
Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Yemen, CARPO-Bonn, Addis Ababa, 2019 (Ethiopia).
2018
Women’s Role in Sahrawi Politics, Congress Insularities and enclaves in colonial and post-colonial circumstances: crossings, conflicts and identitarian constructions (15th - 21st centuries), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 6–7 December 2018 (Portugal).
Gender and Nationalism: Women’s Participation in the Polisario State Movement, II CAPOLCOT International Conference Political Change and Territorial Conflicts in the MENA Region, University of Granada, Granada, 22–23 November 2018 (Spain).
Feminism and Revolution: Women in the Anti-Colonial Struggle in Western Sahara, IV International Conference of Anthropology AIBR, University of Granada, 4–8 September 2018 (Spain).
Women and Resilience in Western Sahara, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Seville, 16–20 July 2018 (Spain).
Women’s Political Activism in Revolutionary Struggles in Western Sahara and Yemen, Workshop The Fourth Wave of Feminism, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, 14–15 June 2018 (Spain).
Living the Revolution: Culture and Women’s Resistance in Western Sahara and Yemen, CASCA-CUBA, Canadian Anthropology Society annual meeting 2018, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, 16–20 May 2018 (Cuba).
Gender, Race, and Social Status in Making the Saharawi Revolution, Seminar Research Notes from Nouakchott and Tindouf, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, 11 May 2018 (Portugal).
2017
Women in the Arab Spring: The Construction of a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen, XVI Conference of Anthropology, University of Valencia, Valencia, 5–8 September 2017 (Spain).
From Arab Spring to Struggle for Peace: Creating a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen, Euro-Arab Foundation, Granada, 29 June 2017 (Spain).
Women and the Politics of Resistance in Yemen, Casa Árabe, Madrid, 13 June 2017 (Spain).
Women in Yemen’s Spring, Amnesty International, Toledo, 8 June 2017 (Spain).
Book presentation, Women in the Arab Spring: Constructing a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen, Feria del Libro de Madrid, 6 June 2017 (Spain).
Book presentation, Women in the Arab Spring: Towards a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, 5 June 2017 (Spain).
Women’s Agency and Gender Dynamics in Yemen’s Uprising, Centre for Anthropological Studies, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 16 May 2017 (Portugal).
Gender, Development and Islamic Diversity in Yemen, Conference on Cultural Diversity in Europe and the Arab World, University of Granada, 28 March 2017 (Spain).
Arab and Islamic Feminism: Trends and Debates, University of Granada, 22 March 2017 (Spain).
Feminism and Islam, Seminar on Migration Studies, University of Granada, 22 March 2017 (Spain).
Culture and Women: A Driving Force for Social Change in Yemen, Workshop Women, Participation and Cultural Diversity, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, 16 February 2017 (Spain).
Women in Saudi Arabia, Workshop Women, Participation and Cultural Diversity, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, 16 February 2017 (Spain).
2016
Forgotten Wars: The Situation of Human Rights in Yemen, Course on Refugees and Human Rights, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, 17–18 November 2016 (Spain).
Women and Islam: Between Discourses and Social Realities, Seminar on Islamophobia, University of Granada, 16 June 2016 (Spain).
Yemen’s Uprising: Exploring the Relationship Between Political Elites and Social Movements, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Barcelona, 19 May 2016 (Spain).
Armed Conflicts and Their Consequences in the Middle East: From Iraq to Yemen, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Granada, 6 April 2016 (Spain).
Iraq, Syria and Yemen: Peace Opportunities and Challenges, Civic Centre Albaicín, Granada, 7 March 2016 (Spain).
Art, Revolution, and Feminism: The Cultural Impact of the Arab Spring, XIX Meeting of Researchers on the Arab and Muslim World (FIMAM), University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, 4–5 February 2016 (Spain).
2015
Women, Revolution and Social Change: The Case of Yemen, Conference on Gender and Development, University of Granada, 9–10 April 2015 (Spain).
2014
Women and Revolution: Towards a Political Culture of Feminist Resistance in Yemen, Conference on Political Change and Territorial Conflicts in MENA, University of Granada, 13–14 November 2014 (Spain).
A Political Culture of Feminist Resistance: Exploring Women’s Agency and Gender Dynamics in Yemen’s Uprising, V Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 25–28 August 2014 (United Kingdom).
Women in Yemen’s Revolutionary Movement 2011–2014, 8th CIS Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research, Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 4–8 August 2014 (United States).
Women in the New Yemen, Workshop The New Yemen, CARPO & University of Bonn, Bonn, 16–17 June 2014 (Germany).
2013
Gender, Religion and Development in Yemen, Research Seminar of the Gender Development Research and Studies Centre, University of Sana’a, 25 June 2013 (Yemen).
Women in the 2011 Yemeni uprising, Parekide Elkartea, Bermeo, Basque Country, 24 November 2013 (Spain).
2012
Women’s Rights Movements in the 2011 Yemeni Revolution, International Conference on Change in the Arab World, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 14 December 2012 (Spain).
Women and Arab Uprisings, San Telmo Museum, Local Government of San Sebastián, Basque Country, 13 December 2012 (Spain).
The Arab Spring: Women’s Role in the Uprising, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Barcelona, 11 December 2012 (Spain).
Women in the Arab Spring: The Case Study of Yemen, International Catalan Centre for Peace, Barcelona, 11 December 2012 (Spain)
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Gender and Human Development, Princess Nora University, Riyadh, 19 November 2012 (Saudi Arabia).
Yemeni Women and the Arab Spring, Szklarska Poręba, 18 May 2012 (Poland).
Yemen’s Revolutionary Women, Al Yanub Association and Al Babtain Foundation, Granada, 27 March 2012 (Spain).
Gender, Development and Cultural Diversity in Yemen, Reina Sofía Museum, Autonomous University of Madrid, 3 February 2012 (Spain).
2011
Gender Equality for Development, II Gender and Development Studies Conference, UN Women, Santo Domingo, 13–14 December 2011 (Dominican Republic).
Yemen’s Revolutionary Women: Gender, Culture and Development, Euro-Arab Foundation, Granada, 21 November 2011 (Spain).
Gender, Culture and Development: Islam and Women’s Human Rights in Yemen, Conference on Gender Transformations in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, CEFAS, Cairo, 16–17 November 2011 (Egypt).
Gender, Culture and Human Development, Seminar on Human Development, University of Granada, 14–16 March 2011 (Spain).
Islam, Gender Policies and Women’s Rights in Yemen, XIII FIMAM Conference, University of Granada, 27–28 January 2011 (Spain).
2010
Gender and Development Studies: Arab and African Perspectives, Workshop on Gender and Rural Development, University of Lleida and University of Granada, Lleida, 4–5 November 2010 (Spain).
2009
Educational Programs on Gender and Development at the Spanish National Institute for Women, International Conference on Gender and Development Studies, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2-4 December 2009 (Spain).
2006
Women and Social Change in Morocco, Conference on Feminism and Multiculturalism, University UNED, Madrid, 13-17 November 2006. (Spain).
2005
The Islamic Veil and Second-Generation Muslim Identity in France, International Conference on European Culture, University of Navarra, 19-22 October 2005 (Spain).